As world chess champion Magnus Carlsen defends his title against Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin in this month’s championship in New York, a smartphone app called Play Magnus invites users to test ...

There's no barrier to chess training, so anybody can pick up a book or watch YouTube videos to learn the game. A group of researchers examined people who do and do not play chess, to learn whether ...

Chess encourages the overall development of a person where the game prepares one to handle life with astuteness and sensibility. Often misconstrued as a highbrow game for geniuses, chess on the ...